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First job fair for service organizations only

The University of Washington Bothell co-hosted its first exclusive Service Organization Job Fair to connect nonprofits such as City Year with students interested in serving others.

March 9, 2021

2021 Community Engagement Award winners

Dr. Gülru Özkan-Seely, left, and Maria Lamarca Anderson are recipients of the University of Washington Bothell 2021 Community Engagement awards for scholarship and service.

March 9, 2021

Partners in India elevate discussions

For winter quarter, Gary Carpenter’s course, Creative Activism: Inspiring Social Change through the Arts, collaborated with a partner in India in discussing social issues and producing an online arts festival. 

March 9, 2021

Green ways to keep food trucks clean

A team including Dr. Grace Lasker, a UW Bothell teaching professor, created a food truck cleaning information toolkit promoting chemicals that are healthier for people and safer for the environment.

March 9, 2021

The pandemic, mother of all interruptions

New research on the effects of working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic shows it takes longer to finish a project, and by the end of the day you’re exhausted, said Dr. Sophie Leroy, associate professor of management in the School of Business.

February 24, 2021

CSSE major helps with vaccine-finding website

Computer Science & Software Engineering senior Ryan Russell is helping take some of the frustration out of finding a COVID-19 vaccination site as one of the volunteers running the free CovidWA.com.

February 23, 2021

Learning about lakes prompts public action

Students in a limnology course learning about inland waters partnered with King County and Lake Advocates to make changes in the world — despite having to do the work remotely.

February 17, 2021

Cultural Studies prepares diversity officers

Graduates of the Master of Arts in Cultural Studies program lead cultural change — a skill more organizations are seeking after witnessing widespread protests against racial injustice.

February 17, 2021

Alumna Mary Houston keeps giving back

Pursuing her dreams of higher education at the University of Washington Bothell led Mary Houston to a career with Workforce Snohomish. She gives back to the University as a member of its Community Engagement Council.

February 9, 2021

Embedding justice in green chemistry education

Through education programs with the United Nations and the American Chemical Society, Dr. Grace Lasker is promoting sustainable chemistry, embedded with values of social and environmental justice.

February 9, 2021

Teaching ethnic studies here and in Slovenia

While he waits for a postponed teaching Fulbright in Slovenia, Dr. Jed Murr is developing a digital history platform as part of a collaboration with scholars, librarians and archivists about Black arts in the Northwest.

February 4, 2021

Nurses personally appeal to the vaccine hesitant

Master of Nursing students who work with COVID-19 patients make an emotional appeal to the vaccine hesitant in a public service announcement in which they share their personal feelings.

February 4, 2021